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What is water-smartness and how to assess it?

Ugarelli, R.; Damman, S.; Koop , S.; Alegre, H.; Cardoso, M. A.; Almeida, M. C.; Oliveira, R.; Vildåsen, S.S.; Raspati, G.; Barrero, M.J.; Termes, M.; Mateo, M.R.; Schmuck, A.; Strehl, C. (2021-10)

Deliverable 6.1 – What is water-smartness and how to assess it? - aims at presenting the work fulfilled under Task 6.1 in WP6 towards the development of the B-WaterSmart Framework. Precondition to develop the framework is ...
Energy Balance in Wastewater Systems with Energy Recovery: A Portuguese Case Study

Jorge, C.; Almeida, M. C.; Covas, D. (MDPI, 2021-10)

This paper presents and discusses the application of a novel energy balance scheme for assessing energy efficiency in wastewater systems. The energy balance is demonstrated with a Portuguese real-life case study, using ...
Performance Assessment System to Wastewater Utilities Strategic Planning

Almeida, M. C.; Brito, R.; Jorge, C.; Cardoso, M. A. (MDPI, 2021-09)

Urban water utilities face growing challenges in compliance with increasingly demanding legislation, tightening budgets, ageing personnel, decreasing infrastructure reliability, increasing operational costs, regulatory ...
Proposal and validation of a performance assessment framework for urban storm water systems

Santos, L.F. (2021-08)

Over the past two decades, performance assessment (PA) has been one of the areas show-ing the greatest advancement in the water sector. PA aims to measure effectiveness and/or efficiency of an activity or process using ...
The prediction of floods in Venice: methods, models and uncertainty

Umgiesser, G.; Bajo, M.; Ferrarin, C.; Cucco, A.; Lionello, P.; Zanchettin, D.; Papa, A.; Tosoni, A.; Ferla, M.; Coraci, E.; Morucci, S.; Crosato, F.; Bonometto, A.; Valentini, A.; Orlic, M.; Haigh, I.; Nielsen, J.; Bertin, X.; Fortunato, A. B.; Gómez, B.; Fanjul, E.; Paradis, D.; Jourdan, D.; Pasquet, A.; Mourre, B.; Tintoré, J.; Nicholls, R. (Copernicus Publications, 2021-09)

This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in storm surge forecasting and its particular application in the northern Adriatic Sea. The city of Venice relies crucially on a good flood forecasting system in order to protect ...
Flood and drought risk assessment for agricultural areas (Tagus Estuary, Portugal)

Freire, P.; Rodrigues, M.; Fortunato, A. B.; FREITAS, A. (EGU - European Geosciences Union, 2021-08)

Estuaries are coastal systems particularly vulnerable to climate change. Within these systems, agriculture is one of the most potentially affected sectors. This paper proposes a risk assessment approach for helping ...
A coastal flooding database from 1980 to 2018 for the continental Portuguese coastal zone

Tavares, A.; Barros, J.; Freire, P.; Santos, P.; Perdiz, L.; Fortunato, A. B. (Elsevier, 2021-08)

Continental Portugal presents an extensive and diversified coastal zone which concentrates the main public and private infrastructures of the different economic sectors, as well as the main critical infrastructures. This ...
Towards a better urban water infrastructure asset management by condition assessment and cost modelling

Cabral , M. (2021-08)

Infrastructure asset management (IAM) has been increasingly becoming a key topic in the mind-set shift of the water sector managers and policy makers, allowing to assist in the operational, tactical and strategic decision-making ...
Impacto de afluências indevidas no consumo energético em instalações elevatórias em sistemas de drenagem urbana.

Jorge, C.; Almeida, M. C.; Covas, D. (APESB, 2021-09)

As afluências indevidas são identificadas como um dos principais problemas dos sistemas de águas residuais e pluviais, levando a diversos problemas de desempenho dos mesmos, como sejam a ocorrência de inundações, a diminuição ...
Designing for People's Safety on Flooded Streets: Uncertainties and the Influence of the Cross-Section Shape, Roughness and Slopes on Hazard Criteria.

David, L.; Carvalho, R. (MDPI, 2021-07)

Designing for exceedance events consists in designing a continuous route for overland flow to deal with flows exceeding the sewer system’s capacity and to mitigate flooding risk. A review is carried out here on flood ...
Assessing the contribution of Nature-Based Solutions to urban resilience. A comprehensive assessment framework with focus on stormwater management and control.

Beceiro, P. (2021-08)

Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are crucial to achieving the goals of the United Nations Agenda 2030 for sustainable development and other global agendas, such as the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. In the last decade, the ...
Sediment dynamics and morphological evolution in the Tagus Estuary inlet

Fortunato, A. B.; Freire, P.; Mengual , B.; Bertin, X.; Pinto, C.; Martins, K.; Guérin, T.; Azevedo, A. (Elsevier, 2021-07)

The morphological evolution of the Tagus estuary inlet in the last century is analyzed in order to characterize its dynamics, explain its behavior and anticipate its future evolution. First, the evolution is characterized ...
Análise e acompanhamento dos trabalhos de reabilitação para melhoria da situação ambiental envolvente aos furos de abastecimento de água do concelho de Praia da Vitória, Açores - Relatório de Progresso, 2021

Leitão, T. E.; Henriques, M. J. (2021-07)

No âmbito da assessoria técnica para a "Análise e acompanhamento dos trabalhos de reabilitação para melhoria da situação ambiental envolvente aos furos de abastecimento de água do concelho de Praia da Vitória, Açores", que ...
Impactos e adaptação às alterações climáticas dos recursos hídricos subterrâneos da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa - Participação do LNEC no Projeto PMAAC-AML (Plano Metropolitano de Adaptação às Alterações Climáticas) na Componente Águas Subterrâneas – Volume I – Caracterização da Situação de Referência

Novo, M. E. (2021-06)

Este relatório apresenta a contribuição do LNEC na caracterização da situação de referência para o Plano Metropolitano de Adaptação às Alterações Climáticas da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa no âmbito dos recursos hídricos ...
Using machine learning for dependable outlier detection in environmental monitoring systems

Jesus, G.; Casimiro, A.; Oliveira, A. (ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, 2021-07)

Abstract Sensor platforms used in environmental monitoring applications are often subject to harsh environmental conditions while monitoring complex phenomena. Therefore, designing dependable monitoring systems is challenging ...
Performance Assessment System for Energy Efficiency in Wastewater Systems

Jorge, C.; Almeida, M. C.; Covas, D. (MDPI, 2021-06)

Performance assessment is essential to effectively evaluate and monitor the activity of water utilities, support decision making, and encourage continuous improvement. Performance assessment systems (PAS), covering several ...
Effects of climate change and anthropogenic pressures in the water quality of a coastal lagoon (Ria Formosa, Portugal).

Rodrigues, M.; Rosa, A.; Cravo, A.; Jacob, J.; Fortunato, A. B. (Elsevier, 2021-08)

Resumo: Understanding how climatic and anthropogenic drivers will influence coastal lagoons is fundamental to guarantee their preservation and sustainability. The Ria Formosa (coastal lagoon, South coast of Portugal) is a ...
Estudo de caracterização e viabilidade de um quebra-mar destacado multifuncional em frente à praia da Vagueira - (T1) Estudos em modelo matemático: Efeito do quebra-mar destacado nas correntes e morfologia adjacentes – Relatório 10

Oliveira, F. S. B. F. (2021-06)

O presente estudo é constituído por duas componentes. Na primeira analisa-se, com recurso a modelação numérica, o efeito da morfologia da praia da Vagueira na resposta de um quebra-mar destacado submerso implementado na ...
Is the Volume-of-Fluid Method Coupled with a Sub-Grid Bubble Equation Efficient for Simulating Local and Continuum Aeration?

Mendes, L. S.; Lara, J. L.; Viseu, T. (MDPI, 2021-05-29)

Air entrainment is common in free surface flows in large hydraulic structures (e.g., spillways, chutes, energy dissipation structures) and must be considered to assure an effective and safe operation. Due to the large ...
Multi-Hazard WebGIS Platform for Coastal Regions

Rocha, M.; Oliveira, A.; Freire, P.; Fortunato, A. B.; Nahon, A.; Barros, J.; Azevedo, A.; Oliveira , F.; Rogeiro, J.; Jesus, G.; Martins, R.; Silva-Santos, P. M.; Tavares, A.; Oliveira, J. N. (Applied Sciences, 2021-06)

The combined action of waves, surges and tides can cause flooding, erosion and dune and structure overtopping in many coastal regions. Addressing emergency and risk management in these areas require a combination of ...

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